Shasta County remains in the purple (“widespread”) tier. Our adjusted case rate decreased from 23.0 to 14.8 daily cases per 100,000 residents. Our positivity rate is 3.9 (down from 5.5). This is all great news!
As of February 16 there have been 10,810 cases in Shasta County total. There are 14 hospitalized, with 2 in ICU. There have been 149,911 tests performed in Shasta County total. The ICU capacity in the Northern Region is 33.3%
If our positivity rate and equity metric both remain in the orange tier for two more weeks and our case rate continues to decline, we could move into the red tier two weeks from now, even if the case rate is not yet down to the red tier. Please continue to wear masks and physically distance!
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